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Title The afterlives of animals : a museum menagerie / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the dead ark / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Christopher Plumb -- Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Sir Roger the elephant / Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson -- "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Sophie Everest -- Balto the dog / Rachel Poliquin -- Biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer -- Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Hannah Paddon -- Neurath's whale / Michelle Henning -- Afterlife of Chi-Chi / Henry Nicholls -- Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Richard C. Sabin -- Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / Garry Marvin -- An afterword on afterlife / Geoffrey N. Swinney.
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Subject Famous animals -- Biography.
Famous animals.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Famous animals -- Collection and preservation.
Natural history museums -- Exhibitions.
Natural history museums.
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation.
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation.
Animals -- Biography.
Animals.
Taxidermy -- Anecdotes.
Taxidermy.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Subject Menageries.
Menageries.
Animals and civilization.
Animals and civilization.
Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Anecdotes.
Added Author Alberti, Samuel J. M. M.
Other Form: Print version: Afterlives of animals. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011 9780813931678 (DLC) 2011008110 (OCoLC)710044932
ISBN 9780813932088 electronic book
0813932084 electronic book
9780813931678
0813931673